http://saligaoserenade.com Essays on the history, traditions, heritage, culture, folklore and people of Saligao, a colourful Goan village in Goa, India Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:43:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://saligaoserenade.com/history/#comment-2 u p kamath Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:55:28 +0000 http://saligaoserenade.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-2 how do you account for perfect geomenty of govan paddy fields? Near verna, paddy field bunds run in a straight line for more than 2000 feet! I have further read somewhere that Goan measure of paddy field matches with that of mesapotemia (Iraq). When compared to paddy fields elsewhere in india goan paddy fields look like they are from another planet. So your simple explanation of history in terms of four races does not hold water. Goan history is different, even from pre-colonial days. Did only idias came from Iraq or was there a large poppulation influx? how do you account for perfect geomenty of govan paddy fields? Near verna, paddy field bunds run in a straight line for more than 2000 feet! I have further read somewhere that Goan measure of paddy field matches with that of mesapotemia (Iraq). When compared to paddy fields elsewhere in india goan paddy fields look like they are from another planet. So your simple explanation of history in terms of four races does not hold water. Goan history is different, even from pre-colonial days. Did only idias came from Iraq or was there a large poppulation influx?

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